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... Herein, we report the first diaryliodonium salts promoted multicomponent 1,2,3-trifunctionalization of alkynes, where both the acetylenic bond and the adjacent nonactivated propargylic C(sp³)–H bond were functionalized synergistically to generate α-arylated enones with high chemo-, regio-, and stereoselectivity. A broad spectrum of diaryliodonium salts and internal alkynes could be utilized in thi ...
stereochemistry, etc ; allylation; diastereoselectivity; Show all 3 Subjects
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... A highly diastereoselective method for the synthesis of syn-β-amino alcohols and enantioenriched anti-β-amino alcohols has been developed involving α-hydroxyl aldehydes and chiral α-phenylaminoxyaldehydes or α-benzoyloxyaldehydes, respectively in Petasis borono-Mannich allylation reactions. This study broadens the scope and utility of the Petasis reaction to include pinacol allylboronate and highl ...
stereochemistry, etc ; bioactive properties; guanidines; Show all 3 Subjects
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... A marine natural product possesses a diverse and unique scaffold that contributes to a vast array of bioactivities. Tricyclic guanidine alkaloids are a type of scaffold found only in marine natural products. These rare skeletons exhibit a wide range of biological applications, but their synthetic approaches are still limited. Various stereochemical assignments of the compounds remain unresolved. B ...
stereochemistry, etc ; autoxidation; dehydrogenation; diastereoselectivity; Show all 4 Subjects
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... We herein report a general and highly efficient method for the synthesis of dl-2,3-diamide-1,4-diones via autoxidative dehydrogenative homocoupling of N-acyl-2-aminoacetophenones mediated by t-BuOK. The transformation is mild, operationally simple, and environmentally friendly. Control experiments and stereochemical results suggest that the substrate undergoes autoxidation followed by a diastereos ...
... The competition of different chiral ligands in the control of stereochemistry of hierarchically formed helical coordination compounds is investigated. It is found that sterically demanding chiral units can dominate the chiral induction of the helix even if they are present as a minor species. Hereby the relative strength of stereoinduction of different chiral units can be evaluated. ...
... Cellulose is a polysaccharide that displays chirality across different scales, from the molecular to the supramolecular level. This feature has been exploited to generate chiral materials. To date, the mechanism of chirality transfer from the molecular level to higher-order assemblies has remained elusive, partially due to the heterogeneity of cellulose samples obtained via top-down approaches. He ...
stereochemistry, etc ; chemical structure; hydrogenation; stereoselectivity; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Here, we disclose the divergent total syntheses of representative C18-oxo eburnamine-vincamine alkaloids (+)-eburnaminol, (−)-larutenine, and (−)-cuanzine. Key to the approach is a substrate-controlled iridium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation/lactamization cascade that leads to the formation of the common tetracyclic skeleton with essential cis-C20/C21 stereochemistry (93% yield, 98% ee, >20:1 d ...
... The proposed SN2 reactions of a hindered organophosphorus reactant with aliphatic and aromatic nucleophiles [Ye et al., Org. Lett., 2017, 19, 5384–5387] were studied theoretically in order to explain the observed stereochemistry of the products. Our computations (using B3LYP as the functional) indicate that the reaction with the aliphatic nucleophile occurs through a backside SN2@P pathway while t ...
stereochemistry, etc ; organic chemistry; stereoselectivity; stereospecificity; Show all 4 Subjects
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... The formation of highly substituted cyclopentenols was developed using a Claisen–Sakurai reaction. Both elements of the reaction can be performed in a one-pot sequence that provides the corresponding cyclized products in high stereoselectivity. The stereochemical outcome is defined by a combination of Claisen stereospecificity and stereoelectronic effects in the Sakurai cyclization that promotes r ...
stereochemistry, etc ; Favolaschia; plant biochemistry; triterpenoids; Show all 4 Subjects
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... A bis-epoxide ergostane triterpenoid (favolon), its undescribed derivative (favolon C), and a biogenetically related norergostane (laschiatrion) were isolated from the cultures of basidiomycete Favolaschia calocera BCC 36684. The stereochemistry of favolon was also determined for the first time. Additionally, we propose the revision of the C-24 configuration of laschiatrion to 24R. ...
stereochemistry, etc ; 2-methylisoborneol; biosynthesis; stereoselectivity; Show all 4 Subjects
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... The biosynthesis of 2-methylisoborneol was reconstituted by elongation of dimethylallyl diphosphate (DMAPP) with (S)- and (R)-2-methylisopentenyl diphosphate (2-Me-IPP) using farnesyl diphosphate synthase (FPPS), followed by terpene cyclisation. The stereochemical course of the FPPS reaction was studied in detail using stereoselectively deuterated 2-Me-IPP isotopomers. ...
stereochemistry, etc ; alkenes; alkynes; composite polymers; polymerization; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Cascade polymerizations recently gained significant attention due to their use of unique transformations, involving multiple bond making and/or breaking steps, when converting monomers to repeat units. However, designing complex cascade polymerizations which proceed in a controlled manner is very challenging. Various side reactions can hamper polymerization performance and the efficiency of the ca ...
stereochemistry, etc ; alkenes; cycloaddition reactions; photochemistry; quinolines; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Photochemical dearomative cycloaddition has emerged as a useful strategy to rapidly generate molecular complexity. Within this context, stereo- and regiocontrolled intermolecular para-cycloadditions are rare. Herein, a method to achieve photochemical cycloaddition of quinolines and alkenes is shown. Emphasis is placed on generating sterically congested products and reaction of highly substituted a ...
stereochemistry, etc ; cytotoxicity; diastereomers; polyketides; spectral analysis; Show all 5 Subjects
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... With 21 unknown stereocentres embedded in spatially separated stereoclusters, the cytotoxic polyketide hemicalide represents a seemingly intractible structural assignment problem. Herein, through the targeted synthesis of configurationally defined fragments, as well as “encoded” mixtures of diastereomers, the stereochemical elucidation of the C31–C46 region of hemicalide is achieved. Detailed NMR ...
stereochemistry, etc ; chemical communication; ethers; prostaglandins; stereoselective synthesis; Show all 5 Subjects
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... We disclose an asymmetric total synthesis of prostaglandin C₂ TBS ether, a derivative of an extremely sensitive natural prostaglandin C₂. The key to the synthesis is a SmI₂-mediated ketyl–enoate reaction that leads to the formation of the functionalized cyclopentane ring with high-level stereochemical control. Access to the crucial alkene system is realized late in the synthesis by the implementat ...
stereochemistry, etc ; drugs; organic chemistry; piperidines; sparteine; spectroscopy; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The base n-BuLi with sparteine allows a kinetic resolution of N-Boc-2-aryl-4-methylenepiperidines. The 2,2-disubstituted products and recovered starting materials were isolated with high enantiomeric ratios. From VT-NMR spectroscopy and DFT studies, the rate of rotation of the N-Boc group is fast. Lithiation and trapping of the enantioenriched starting materials gave 2,2-disubstituted piperidines ...
stereochemistry, etc ; X-ray diffraction; cytotoxicity; metabolites; Taiwan; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Three 17,20-epoxysteroids, including a new metabolite, hippuristeroketal B (1), as well as two known compounds, hippuristerones A (2) and I (3), have been isolated from octocoral Isis hippuris collected off the waters of Taiwan. The structure of steroid 1 was deduced by extensive 1D and 2D NMR studies. The absolute stereochemistry of steroids 1–3 was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction ...
stereochemistry, etc ; Lewis acids; amides; catalysts; enantioselectivity; nickel; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Carbonyl groups that bear an α stereocenter are commonly found in bioactive compounds, and intense effort has therefore been dedicated to the pursuit of stereoselective methods for constructing this motif. While the chiral auxiliary-enabled coupling of enolates with alkyl electrophiles represented groundbreaking progress in addressing this challenge, the next advance in the evolution of this enola ...
stereochemistry, etc ; bacterial proteins; cycloaddition reactions; protein synthesis; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Synthesis of a potent inhibitor of bacterial protein synthesis, pleuromutilin, is described. Assembly of the critical cyclooctane fragment relies on an oxidative ring-expansion, and complete stereochemical relay in the synthetic sequence is enabled by the judicious choice of tactics. The requisite connectivity pattern of the perhydroindanone motif is rapidly established in a sequence of cycloaddit ...
stereochemistry, etc ; alkylation; carbonates; cycloaddition reactions; indoles; ligands; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The first asymmetric total synthesis of (+)-alstonlarsine A has been realized. The prominent features of the current synthesis include the following: (i) a Pd/self-adaptable ligand complex-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation of 2-methyl-2-cyclopentenyl carbonate with 2-indolylsubstituted dimethyl malonate to establish the key stereocenter of C15, (ii) an intramolecular nitrile oxide-alkene [3 ...